5V - recap Middle Ages + Chaucer & The Miller's Tale

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This lesson contains 23 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

Items in this lesson

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Recap Middle Ages

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Goals for this lesson:
1) Refreshing your knowledge of literature in the middle ages
2) increasing your comprehension of the Miller's tale 

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What do you know
about literature
in the middle ages?

Slide 4 - Mind map

What is the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum?
A
A book about the history of churches in England
B
A collection of sermons written by Bede
C
A biography of William the Conqueror
D
An epic tale of warriors and dragons.

Slide 5 - Quiz

What do you know about Beowulf?
Author/story line/literary style

Slide 6 - Open question

Who or what is the Futhark?
A
A hero from the story of Beowulf
B
The Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet
C
The name of the monestary attacked by Vikings in 793
D
A famous poet from the Anglo-Saxon period.

Slide 7 - Quiz

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What do you know about the Bayeux Tapestry? And what do you know about the event depicted in it (names/dates)?

Slide 9 - Open question

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What are the three estates?
A
Holdings belonging to the king
B
Social structure of the middle ages
C
The term for priests, monks, and nuns

Slide 11 - Quiz

What influence did Geoffrey Chaucer have on the English language?

Slide 12 - Open question

What is a frame narrative?

Slide 13 - Open question


The miller's Tale

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Wait? A fabliau? What was that again?

Slide 17 - Open question

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"Men sholde wedden after hire estate"
Which previous discussion topic is Chaucer referring to here?

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Do you feel you have a sufficient grasp of the material discussed today?
A
Yes! Bring on the test!
B
Not yet, but I'm getting there!
C
No!! I will contact you during a 'vragenuurtje'.

Slide 23 - Quiz